Sugarloaf1989 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Rumors. There are a few possibilities out there. I'd be open to Vail though, they know what they are doing. Sick pow out there today with 14" in 48 hours. I heard it was official and to be announced publicly shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 19 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: I heard it was official and to be announced publicly shortly. Yeah lots of rumors out there. That one has been going around for a couple weeks now that it was official and about to be announced soon. Most of these are coming from a Stowe Reporter news article that is essentially filled with conjecture that came out on Thursday...and that's really when it hit the internet. I'm not going to really discuss it except that nothing is official. Maybe something is reached soon and then its announced. The announcement will come almost immediately after any deal, IMO. Not like weeks of "its official" but just waiting to announce it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Maybe Trump will buy it? Make New England skiing great again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said: Make New England skiing great again. He'd probably ban Canadians from visiting us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Great to see CT boarder Jules Marino win X games gold in slope side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Would almost certainly drop season's pass prices by 1/2 or more. Now if this is true I'd hope for them to pickup a NH resort too, would love a multi-mtn pass with Stowe included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, bobbutts said: Would almost certainly drop season's pass prices by 1/2 or more. Now if this is true I'd hope for them to pickup a NH resort too, would love a multi-mtn pass with Stowe included. This is a scary proposition though... I think the demand is too high to do that. Take today for example...we ran out of parking (as did Jay Peak and other areas in VT judging by their FB posts). They were parked even in every pull-off along RT 108 leading to the resort (also look at those snowbanks, no shortage of snow up here haha): I've never seen this. I don't think Stowe can handle the volume of a much cheaper seasons pass...would also likely lower pass prices at other ski resorts though if Stowe dropped the pass price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Why would it cause season pass prices to drop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 27 minutes ago, mreaves said: Why would it cause season pass prices to drop? Vail resorts has really low pass prices that include all the resorts they own. ~$800 unrestricted pass, less with blackouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 50 minutes ago, mreaves said: Why would it cause season pass prices to drop? They work on a volume model for business. Cheap passes but sell more of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, powderfreak said: They work on a volume model for business. Cheap passes but sell more of them. day passes are jacked up so visitors are inclined to buy a pass rather than multiday tix... and then they are compelled to come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 day passes are jacked up so visitors are inclined to buy a pass rather than multiday tix... and then they are compelled to come back.I always wondered what aspect was most profitable. Is it actually food, drink,hotel? Or is lift tickets/passes?Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j24vt Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I don't see why they would drop Stowe's pass rate. Probably go the Whistler route and give people 5 days at Stowe as part of the Epic pass and add the others to the Stowe pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Skied at Royal Mtn in Caroga Lake in the southern Adirondacks. What a blast. A steep 550' vertical gem with 100% snowmaking and tree skiing everywhere. People were skiing all over the woods. Nice solid 2' in woods with 6" powder on top. Sweet day. The place is like one big glade. Some nice narrow bump runs. $40 lift ticket. Got 20 runs in. Best day skiing of the year for me and the Chili was to die for!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 42 minutes ago, snowgeek said: Skied at Royal Mtn in Caroga Lake in the southern Adirondacks. What a blast. A steep 550' vertical gem with 100% snowmaking and tree skiing everywhere. People were skiing all over the woods. Nice solid 2' in woods with 6" powder on top. Sweet day. The place is like one big glade. Some nice narrow bump runs. $40 lift ticket. Got 20 runs in. Best day skiing of the year for me and the Chili was to die for! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Is it all a heard of it beforedvanced terrain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Is it all a heard of it beforedvanced terrain? Huh?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 17 minutes ago, snowgeek said: Huh? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Jeez, my quote box went crazy. Wanted to know if it was mostly advanced terrain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 21 minutes ago, #NoPoles said: Jeez, my quote box went crazy. Wanted to know if it was mostly advanced terrain... Beginner area at bottom. 2 beginner routes from top, maybe 2-3 intermediate and like 4 expert. Glades are intermediate and advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan76 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 23 hours ago, Sugarloaf1989 said: Stowe is to be purchased by Vail Resorts. I remember when it was like $30 (Im old) http://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MTN?ltr=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 10 hours ago, j24vt said: I don't see why they would drop Stowe's pass rate. Probably go the Whistler route and give people 5 days at Stowe as part of the Epic pass and add the others to the Stowe pass Yeah I agree. I think they'd look at business levels and decide this isn't the place to try the volume model of sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 9 hours ago, snowgeek said: Skied at Royal Mtn in Caroga Lake in the southern Adirondacks. What a blast. A steep 550' vertical gem with 100% snowmaking and tree skiing everywhere. People were skiing all over the woods. Nice solid 2' in woods with 6" powder on top. Sweet day. The place is like one big glade. Some nice narrow bump runs. $40 lift ticket. Got 20 runs in. Best day skiing of the year for me and the Chili was to die for! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sick. Love this stuff. Reminds me of Plattekill a bit in your description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sick. Love this stuff. Reminds me of Plattekill a bit in your description.I've never been to Plattekill. Gotta check it out. Not sure if they have as much snow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cny rider Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 We ski both Platty and Royal. Our kids are 7 and 9. You can't beat Royal for teaching them to ski and board. Nice slow double chair in a dedicated beginners area. Good instructors and the whole thing is very reasonably priced. Platty is great too. More vertical than Royal. But they can't buy a snowstorm over the last few years and I think it has really hurt them. We are between the two areas and every time we have had a choice the last few years it's been Royal because they have the snow and Platty doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike245 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Does anyone have any suggestions between Killington, Okemo, or Stratton for tommorow? I know Killington got the most over the weekend but I'm having trouble figuring out which could get the most today into tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 48 minutes ago, cny rider said: We ski both Platty and Royal. Our kids are 7 and 9. You can't beat Royal for teaching them to ski and board. Nice slow double chair in a dedicated beginners area. Good instructors and the whole thing is very reasonably priced. Platty is great too. More vertical than Royal. But they can't buy a snowstorm over the last few years and I think it has really hurt them. We are between the two areas and every time we have had a choice the last few years it's been Royal because they have the snow and Platty doesn't. Remember when the Catskills used to get HUGE storms. The 7 footer in 2010 was awesome! I am amazed every time I drive to Royal / Caroga Lake / Speculator area how the snow depth increases so much just before you get to Royal. Elevation and Lake Effect FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Just heard that Hickory Hill (the Mad River Glen of the ADK's) is closed this year. They hope to reopen next year. They lost too much money last year. Remember when the Warrensburg area used to get lots of snow!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 7 hours ago, mike245 said: Does anyone have any suggestions between Killington, Okemo, or Stratton for tommorow? I know Killington got the most over the weekend but I'm having trouble figuring out which could get the most today into tonight. Stratton was great this weekend. They don't upsloap as well as areas further north but it basically snowed all weekend. They have a very solid base right now too. In my opinion it's the best southern mountian. Took that a couple hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 23 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Stratton was great this weekend. They don't upsloap as well as areas further north but it basically snowed all weekend. They have a very solid base right now too. In my opinion it's the best southern mountian. Took that a couple hours ago. Great pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Bluebirdin, wish I was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/28/2017 at 11:00 PM, Dan76 said: I remember when it was like $30 (Im old) http://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MTN?ltr=1 Even older - I learned parallel during a Mon-Fri ski week at the former Glen Ellen (now Sugarbush North) in January of 1971. Their week included 5 lessons and one après-ski spiced wine party for $45, only they cut that in half during all of January. By staying at a $3/night BYO sleeping bag place in Waitsfield and eating on the cheap, the whole week came in at well under $100 (I think 50-60, but long ago), including round trip gas from NNJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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